Part fiction. Part real. It’s somewhere in between. When someone tells me they write nonfiction, I sometimes reply, “It’s 𝑎𝑙𝑙 fiction.” I get strange looks, especially from those who have their heads entrenched deeply in what they term as reality
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒅 was inspired by a Time Team TV special on Doggerland that I watched in 2007, but there’s a long road of research between a popular TV program and a novel based on actual science.
What is poetry? This art form isn’t willing to be defined, labeled, or nailed down. Its words are the chiseled marble of language. It is a paint-spattered canvas, but the poet uses words instead of paint, and you are the canvas.
How did the author go about choosing the names for her characters? If the author could have dinner with one or more of the characters from this book, which of them would it be? What would they talk about? What advice does Lenore Gay have for authors who aren’t yet published?
The opening paragraph of the book sets the stage for a story that will keep you on the edge of your seat: 𝘈𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘹 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘛𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸, 𝘛𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘌𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘺, 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘳. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳.
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